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cyberjunkie.in · Dec 28, 2025

Slick IRC client: Halloy

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Not sure if it’s the GTK versions or Wayland or Hexchat has been left unmaintained for so long, but it’s pretty slow when I switch buffers from ZNC. I happened to look for alternate GUI IRC clients (I use weechat on the headless server sometimes). I ran into Libera’s IRC client recommendations . Halloy is just what I needed to end this slow Sunday. Configuration is done through a…

Not sure if it’s the GTK versions or Wayland or Hexchat has been left unmaintained for so long, but it’s pretty slow when I switch buffers from ZNC. I happened to look for alternate GUI IRC clients (I use weechat on the headless server sometimes). I ran into Libera’s IRC client recommendations.

Halloy is just what I needed to end this slow Sunday. Configuration is done through a TOML file, it plays well with ZNC, the config changes can be refresh using Ctrl + R and the documentation is detailed and crisp. The application is written in Rust, so it’s crazy-fast, and it looks great.

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